Repeating firearm.



A. G. MOCLURE.

REPBATING FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 191a.

Patented Sept. 15,1914,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1 I Attorneys,

Witnesses IHE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTG-LITHO. WASHINGTON, D. C,

A. G. MoOLURH. BBPEATING FIREARM.

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transverse ADOLPHUS C. MOCLURE, OF KEITI-IVILLE, LOUISIANA.

REPEATING FIREARM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept.15, 1914.

Original application filed December 1'7, 1912, Serial No. 737,307. Divided and this application filed August To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADOLPHUS G. M0- CLURE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Keithville, in the parish of Caddo and State of Louisiana,have invented a new and useful Repeating Firearm, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in repeating fire arms, the present application being a division of an application filed December 17, 1912, Serial No. 737,307, one object of the present invention being, the provision of a magazine, whereby a plurality of cartridge holders may be inserted therein without the necessity, of loading the same through the receiver as is customary, and thus providing means, whereby a plurality of such holders may be provided, and be ready at any time for introduction within the magazine after the removal threfrom of the empty holder.

A further object of the present invention,

is the provision of a cartridge holder, forv holding a plurality of cartridges, and insertible within the magazine of a fire arm, the body portion of which is resilient and which is permitted a certain amount of flexing when filled, there being provided therewithin a spring cartridge follower for feeding the respective cartridges toward the receiver and into the elevator of a breech mechanism, the same being bodily removable with the holder when it is emptied and a filled holder inserted in lieu thereof.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter clescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a sectional view through the forward end of the receiver, and a portion of the barrel of an automatic fire arm with the present magazine in operable relation thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the discharging end of the magazine cartridge holder. Fig. 3 is a'section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is an enlarged detail sectional view of the rear end of the cartridge holder, a portion being in Seria1 No. 782,508.

section to show the method of retaining the cartridges therewithin when the holder is not disposed within the magazine. Figs. 5 and 6 are detail views of the cartridge holder.

Referringto the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the receiver, 2 the barrel,zand 3 the main tubular portion of the magazine, the. same being disposed in fixed relation to the barrel and to the receiver.

The elevator 4 is disposed to receive the innermost cartridge C from the outlet end 5 of the tubular member 3, the cartridges normally assuming the position as shown in Fig. 1 when being fed therethrough into the receiver, said View illustrating the position of the parts when a cartridge is in the barrel and the fire arm is in position for firing.

As clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the barrel 2 and the tubular member 8 of the magazine fit snugly against each other and are.

'insertible within the socketed end of the receiver, the oppositely disposed fiatsprings 6 and 7 being carried by the receiver at this portion and for contactwith the upper and lower portions of the barrel and magazine 2 respectively, t0 retain these parts within the receiver. The adjacentfaces 8 and 9, respectively, of the barrel 2 and the magazine tube 3, are flattened and fit snugly together as shown in Fig. 3, an aperture 10 beingv formed by recessing these cases and constituting means for the reception of the locking pin 11, which is disposed to be projected through the barrel receiving portion of the receiver and thus lock the barrel and magazine tube securely within and to the receiver, a pivoted bail (not shown) being carried upon the outer end of the pin to permit of the propermanipulation of the pin. By this means the barrel and magazine holding tube are readily detachable from the receiver by simply removing thepin 11, additional means in the form of an embracing member 13 being provided at the forward end of the magazine tube to hold the same relatively to the barrel.

The magazine holding tube 3, is provided .lug l8 normally held by the spring 19 projected within the bore'5 and in the path to engage the cartridge G. The trigger or releasing end 20 of -the catch 16 is projected within the recessed portion 21 of the tube 3 and in the path of the spring actuated plunger 22, which is mounted in the bore 23 formed parallel or nearly so to the bore 5 and sealed by the plug 25. This plunger 22 carries the pin 24!: which due to the spring 26, is normally projected toward the catch 16.

The removable magazine or holder 27, which is preferably madeof fiat wire wound spirally, thus being resilient and flexible, is used in connection with the-tube 3, and thus renders the necessity of the introduction of the cartridges C through the usualaperture of the receiver into the bore 5 of the tube 3 unnecessary, as any number of these holders may be loaded, and the empty one be removed to be replaced by a filled one. In the outer end of the holder 27 is attached. the plug 28, which as shown has mounted therein a pivoted lever 29, having the operating button 30 exteriorly of the plug 28, the spring 31 being provided to normally hold the lever 29 and the locking.

pin 32 in the position as shown in Fig. 1,

to engage the annular slot 33 in the outer end of the tube 3 and thus lock the magazine'or holder 27 within the tube and against outward" displacement. The body of the holder 27 is reinforced by the intermediate bands 35 and 36, and the longitudinally disposed stiifening wires 37, which are connected at their ends to the plug 28, and the band 36, the same being threaded through the band 35 or between the band 35 and the coiled portion of the holder.

Connected to the band or sleeve 36 and projecting forwardly therefrom is a flat metal guiding arm 38, and a longer cartridge retaining and guiding arm 39. The forward ends of these guiding arms 38 and 39 are disposed for sliding movement at diametrically opposite oints within the cartridge directing band or sleeve 40 mounted for inward sliding movement upon the extremeexit'end of the magazine or holder 27. The free end of the metal arm 39 is intu-rned as at 41 and projects to engage the rim of the respective cartridges to retain the last one within the holder 27, while when the magazine is empty as shown in Fig. 2, the end 4&1 engages the headed portion 42 or the cartridge projecting pin or stud 4:3 and thus prevents a too far extension of the 1 same within the bore 5 of the tube 3, and at the same time limits the extension of the poperating spring 4A of the pin 43.

This spring isdisposed within the holder 37 and about the inner end of the plug 28, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

- The metal arm 39 being a resilient member and being so anchored as to have the inturned end 41 tensioned outwardly, the

sleeve 40 when assumingthe position as shown in Fig. 4 will hold such inturned end 41 in the path to engage the rim of the last cartridge inserted within the magazine, thus locking the cartridges inthe magazine when receiver 1 is provided with the usual trap (not shown) but" as before stated, it'isdee sirable that the holder27 be removed when the magazine is not in cartridge delivery po- O sition or as shown in Figs. 4 and'5. When I the magazine is inserted within the tube 3 of the firearm, and is positioned as shownin Figs. 1 and 2, the band or sleeve lO is moved to the right from-thepositio-n as viewed in Fig.4, so that the free terminalorinturned end 1-1 of the spring arm 39 is freedand moves out of the path of the rim of the-car tridge, and thus frees the cartridgeto' as Isume the-position as shown in Figll, no

obstruction being disposed in the path of the respective cartridges as they arefinally one at a time fed into the receiver of the fire arm. '35") e In order to permit the introduction of acartridge-within the rear end of the holder 2'7, when the same is within the tube 3, the.

empty and a filled one inserted within the tube 3. A stop 45 is pivoted, howeveryattfi within the recessed portion formed in the V sidewall of the tube 3at the bore 5, the lug .47 thereof being engaged by thesprin-g 48 to normally hold the stop 45 inthe position-as:

shown in Fig. 2. By this means the sameis permitted to be drawn outwardly and 'exy teriorly through the slot 49' of the; receiver, so as before stated, the cartridge may bein-I sert ed within the'bore' 5 of thetube 3 and into the magazine 27 thebullet endof-the cartridge bein disposed against theou'ter end of the pro ector pin 43. p

- In order tojprovide a means to= prevent the falling out of the cartridges O, when-it before the insertion of a filled one, the catch is in thep'osition as shown in Fig. l,'and

after the magazine 27 has been removed and j carried by the member ,3, in one wall thereof, i

the spring 54:, being disposed to hold the catch with engaging end projected within the bore 5 when the tube 3 is detached from the receiver. The engagement of the receiver with the catch 51 depresses the spring and removes the hooked end thereof out of the bore 5 to the position as shown in Fig. 2,

when the partsare assembled.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing, itis evident that the cartridge holder 27 may be filled at leisure, and that any number of the same 1'28 may be furnished with the fire arm, and

when one is empty, that a new filled onemay be readily inserted within the tube 3 and that the cartridge that may remain within the bore 5 of the tube 3, will be properlyTetained therein during the removal of an its empty holder 27 and the reinsertion of a filled one.

What is claimed is 1. A fire-arm, including a stock, a receiver, the forward end of which is constructed in the form of a socket, a barrel, a magazine, the adjacent faces of the barrel and magazine being flattened for co-extensive engagement, means for holding the barrel and magazine relative to each other when separated from the receiver, co-acting means carried by the socket of the receiver and the barrel and magazine for locking the barrel and magazine to the receiver, and two oppositely disposed springs mounted within the socket of the receiver for engaging the barrel and magazine respectively to hold the same toward each other.

2. A fire-arm, including a stock, a receiver, the forward end of which is constructed in the form of a socket, a barrel, a magazine, the adjacent faces of the barrel and magazine being flattened for co-extensive engagement, means for holding the barrel and magazine relative to each other when separated from the receiver, the adjacent faces of the barrel and magazine being provided with a transversely disposed aperture, a removable pin insertible through the receiver transversely of the socket and through the apertured portion of the magazine and barrel for locking the parts together, and two oppositely disposed springs mounted within thesocket of the receiver for engaging the barrel and magazine respectively to hold the same toward each other. v

3. A repeating fire arm, having a receiver, a barrel, a magazine retaining tube carried by the barrel, a flexible resilient cartridge magazine insertible within the tube from the outer end thereof, and co-acting means carried thereby and the tube for looking the magazine against outward displacement.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ADOLPHUS C. MOCLURE.

Witnesses:

J. V. ATTAWAY, MILEs H. MGKEE.

'Oopie: of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. 0. 

